Aarav sat hunched over his laptop, his fingers flying over the keyboard, eyes bloodshot from sleepless nights. Code scrolled rapidly across the screen. Lines of encryption, cracking software—everything he needed to stay connected to her. It had been years since she’d left him, but to him, it felt like yesterday. He still remembered her laugh, the way her hair swayed in the breeze, the sparkle in her eyes when she spoke about the future. But none of that was his anymore.

After their high school breakup, he had expected to move on, just as everyone does after first love. But he couldn’t. Aarav, in his mind, was bound to her, even if she didn’t know it. He had become skilled enough over the years to quietly slip into her digital life—her phone, her laptop, even her security cameras. He had to know where she was, what she was doing, who she was talking to. As his hacking abilities grew, so did his obsession. He knew every conversation she had, every picture she sent, every fleeting glance she gave to another man. And it drove him mad. The fact that she had moved on, that she didn’t even look back, gnawed at him every day

He asked his mother to speak to her parents. The girl’s parents had always liked him, even respected his intelligence. It wasn’t a hard sell—his mother had laid out a future where Aarav would marry her, Her parents had been swayed, but not her.When the answer had come back as a resounding “No,” Aarav had felt something inside him break. The realization that she didn’t love him, that she didn’t even like him anymore.He tried to talk to her but she never replied,tried everything best,he used to see her freedom,her happiness but not he in it,one night he reached her house and rang the bell “Aarav?” He smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “Hi… I just… I needed to see you.”

She tightened her grip on the door. “It’s late.Aarav, we’ve talked about this. I told you, I’ve moved on”

His expression darkened. “No, you haven’t. You think you have, but you haven’t. You can’t just forget about us"